2/22/2010

When it comes to putting color in your kitchen, it’s no easy task to balance the timeless tones with the trendy ones. An avocado green appliance might make your kitchen kitsch, but a bland mass of white paint is more boring than classic. So how does one choose a stylish shade with all this color confusion?

Color Schemes- Your Greatest Quandary?

Even although these hues fire our imagination, there's no denying the fact that choosing shades that exude kindness and effervescence Kitchen Color Trends 2010 can be wholly an uphill climb. Here are a few tips that are clearly to rescue your weak attempts from midpoint:

* A few coats of cool, brusque and light flag will the, much-beloved shot in the arm for small chairs. Dark flag, on the other hand, are an exact no-no, as they make the legroom show lesser.

* The bang of expected light on ensign must be considered earnestly. Try to bring artificial light sources and insignia together, and it's an empty cocktail you are sipping.

* A kitchen that faces north is confident to sputter with cool tones, while a south facing hole flooded in melt tones give you panting for breath.

* The kitchen barricaded and cabinets do not have to the Cane and Able of the kitchen's décor. A equal blushed palette that creates harmony between these two basics is persuaded to source a sensation.

* If you are fanatical to experiment just a wee bit, try painting the bulwark in a shade that's bolder than the one on the cabinets. Something like off-white and pale-blond will desert onlookers completely transfixed.

* Striking contrasts with the help of bold ensign form drama and plot with a seductively intense passion.

* Allow the bold ensign to transmit some of the appeal to the chairs and tables, and beware the stoic calm in the kitchen become ancient tense instantly.

* The electrifying combination of totally painted hand-painted tiles and pure tiles is a marriage made in intention heaven.

* Bright colors like blond and carroty put the punch back into your lackluster cooking experience.

So if you feel your kitchen is floundering for breath, it's time for you to play with colors that have a persistent place in your imagination.

2/02/2010

Cooking zone is often overlooked when it should be your top priority.But it is a very important part of the kitchen.For the cooking zone, place the kitchen hob near the sink for easy access to water when cleaning up. The workspace, which is the most important part of the kitchen, should preferably be placed between the hob and the kitchen sink; unless you have the luxury of having an island in your kitchen!

A hob is essential. You can do without an oven but regular cooking if your hob fails is difficult. Once hobs were purely functional, often forming part of the oven. Then they separated so that you could build in an oven at a higher level. This also offered you the choice of gas hob or electric oven (or vice versa). Gas hobs have traditionally been popular as they give more control and quicker heating than electricity.

The cooking zone is where fire enters the picture. Centered around the range or cooktop, this is the spot where stir-frys, spaghetti, and sauces sizzle. You may want to keep your microwave and toaster oven here as well. Include:Deep drawers for pansShallower drawer for pot lidsSpice drawer (or cleverly hidden racks in pull out corbels that flank the cooktop)Microwave cabinet for concealing and saving countertop spaceUtensil drawer for spatulas and spoons

Include space for an adequate number of cleaning and drying supplies, as well as a convenient way to store clean dishware. Include:Pullout rack to neatly tuck dishtowelsPlate rack for storing daily or occasional dinnerwareUndersink pullout for dishwashing detergent and cleanerTilt out sink tray for sponges and scrubbersFoil box rack or drawer for aluminum foil, paper, and plastic wrap storagePullout drawer for Tupperware, divided for lids and containers